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BY DON SORCHYCH | DECEMBER 23, 2015

From all of us to all of you, Merry Christmas!

Buffalo ChipWhat a town! The turnout for the Buffalo Chip Saloon and Steakhouse on December 16 was incredible. Cave Creek did not want the Chip’s employees to miss Christmas or go hungry. Not only was the crowd estimated at over 2,800, but Mark Peagler estimated the effort at Frontier Town will yield about $42,500. Frontier Town is still receiving gifts to be auctioned which they will accumulate for later auctions. T-shirt sales are brisk and will continue thanks to Greg Clancy and Strawberry Fields. We are listed as a T-shirt source but have yet to receive the T-shirts because they are selling so fast.

Guest Editorials:

By GREG ALLEN | DECEMBER 23, 2015

Christmas isn’t about mistletoe, roasting chestnuts, or some fat guy sliding down the chimney. It's more like “Peace on earth; goodwill toward man.” It’s the birth of Christ.

Yet it's not appropriate to say Merry Christmas because you might offend someone, so it's best to say “Happy Holidays.” It's not kosher to display a nativity scene in public anymore. Someone may be offended, so it's best not to display one at all. And it’s surely not right to mention the name Jesus because somebody might not like it.

By Frosty Wooldridge | DECEMBER 23, 2015

Today, in the United States of America, as well as Canada, Europe and Australia — Muslim immigrants disrupt communities across the globe. They force defacto Sharia Law wherever their numbers grow. They force our schools to change as to foods served, prayer rooms, footbaths in public restrooms and they demonstrate to stop free speech and censor our treasured holidays like Christmas and Halloween. Everything about America’s way of life “offends” Muslims.

By Lawrence Sellin, PhD | DECEMBER 23, 2015

Senate bill 153, the Immigration Innovation Act (or I-Squared), led by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), would allow for virtually unlimited Muslim immigration into the United States. Several of Rubio's most prominent financial backers are among the bill's boosters. Rubio's campaign theme, "A New American Century," employs a euphemism commonly used to describe demographic transformation of the United States brought about by immigration.

By Capt. Joseph R. John | DECEMBER 23, 2015

Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, and other conservative lawmakers have warned against passing the Omnibus Spending Bill that does not place limitations on the admissions of Refugees from the Middle East and Africa to the U.S.

“Congress must cancel the President’s blank refugee check and put Congress back in charge of the program. We cannot allow the President to unilaterally decide how many refugees he wishes to admit, nor continue to force taxpayers to pick up the tab for the tens of billions of unpaid-for welfare and entitlement costs,” said Sen Sessions and Sen Richard Shelby (R-AL), the Chairman of the Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations subcommittee, said in a joint statement last week.